Energy crisis: Tory MPs join Labour in urging support for heavy industry
Calls come as households expected to be hit by massive bills after 250% rise in gas prices since January (more…)
Finance
Primark hit by ‘pingdemic’ but it says supply crisis won’t lead to shortages – contractorscompare.com
Shares in retailer’s parent company ABF fall despite company raising its profits forecast (more…)
EU Brexit controls are pointless bureaucracy, says M&S chairman – contractorscompare.com
Archie Norman says rules on exports ‘serve no purpose at all’ as UK food standards remain aligned to EU (more…)
Lloyds offers £100 to tempt new customers to paid-for current accounts
Qualifying accounts are £3-a-month Club Lloyds or Club Lloyds Platinum, costing £21 a month but with benefits (more…)
Boris Johnson unveils £12bn-a-year tax rise to pay for NHS and social care
PM makes statement to MPs after cabinet agreed to 1.25 percentage point increase in national insurance contributions (more…)
UK energy bills to rise after record wholesale electricity prices
Analysis by Imperial College London adds to concerns about more households being pushed into fuel poverty (more…)
Ministers doing bare minimum to stop Covid travel test ‘rip-offs’, says Labour
Transport secretary, Grant Shapps, urged to name and shame firms displaying misleading pricing (more…)
